The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
THE POPE'S JUBILEE.
Preparations for the Exposition in Honor of
Leo XIII's Priestly Ordination.

Preparations for the Exposition in Honor of
Leo XIIrs Priestiy Ordination.
New YORK, April 6.-The Worlds special
Rome correspondent furnishes the following
Cardinal Schiaffino granted the World CORE
spondent a private audience of over an hour to-
night. He has luxurious rooms in a palace, No.
10 Viea de Due Macell one of the fashionable
streets of Rome tall. portly man of nearly
sixty is the Cardinal. His manner is cordial,
and ha is an easy, fluent speaker. His heart,
just now, Is set on the exposition for the occasion
of the Pope's sacerdotal Jubilee or the fftieth
anniversary of his ordination as priest. Cardi-
nal Schiaffino is the honorary president of the
committee in charge of the exposition. The
project was first suggested nearly two years ago,
and the idea of an international exposition I'M
der the patronage of the Holy See received the
approval of the Pope. The Cardinal said that
he was not little surprised at first at the luke
warmness of the Americans but that arose from
misunderstanding that has been removed.
One further difficulty not yet settled, he said,
was the question of paying duties on the articles
sent but the Italian government will be
asked to remit all import duties. The exposi-
ton will be held in palace to be erected in tine
Giardno della Pegna, one of the two gardens OF
the Vatican. It will be opened Jan. l by
Pope Leo and will remain open till May /. That
period is intended to be jubilee for all the
Catholic world. There will be great pigrimages
to Rome from every country under the
Each country will be informed what day its
pilgrims will be received by the Holy Father, and
on that day they will assist at a solemn mass
celebrated by the Pope. The Pope's health is
by no means robust. He is an intensely nervous
man, over seventy six years old and of a frame
so frall that 1t is almost a wonder how he lives
at all. Yet he is very hard worker All the
details of his various diplomatic plans, and
especially of his religious campaign in Germany,
he is working out by himself. To him the car
dinal Secretary of State is only an amanuenss or
correspondent automatically he is as he once
remarked. his own Secretary of State. But of
late he has overworked himself. 1t is impossible
the most urgent pontifcial business. He says
frankly that he is too busy to sacrifice his time.
He is most careful writer. All of his official
addresses corrected again aud again.
Roman society has he'd cold chill because Of
the appearance of P. Vasils book On Roman
ciety. The book received an excellent adver
tisement from the Queen because at her demand
il had been interdicted in Italy, and the police
have seized every copy Paul must have been
very hard on Queen Margherita. Maybe ne
said that she was getting stout. If he did he
was only telling the truth. She ia a sweet.
gracious woman. but she has big nose Her
photographer is a rare artist, a man Of genius.
Among all her photographs there is not a profile
in all Italy.
The Italian soldiers are sight worth seeing.
All of them seem young, wiry fellows, some of
whom six feet. They lack the iron rigidity
of the German soldiers, and they havs not the
swing of French troops. | mad good view Of
them at the review on the Kings birthday, when
the Queen rode down the line in her carriage
She looked charming as she always does. but
perhaps the rumors about the domestic troubles
of Margherta and Humbert may be true, for the
heiotrope bonnet that she wore the self
same heliotrope bonnet that she had worn two
days before at her afternoon drive. The King
| looked very much older than he ought to look